by Artie Isaac | Jun 4, 2015 | Coaching Topics, It happened, Living an engaged life, New Competence
There was a time when I was very resistant to changing my life. This is about that time. I owned a business. Called "Young Isaac" — after the founding partner, Brooks Young — it was an advertising agency where I sat all day, but I never did the...
by Artie Isaac | Aug 7, 2014 | It happened, Living an engaged life, On Creativity
Perhaps you have simply forgotten. You might be too young to remember. Philippe Petit walked on a tightrope secretly stretched between the tops of the World Trade Towers on August 7, 1974. Forty years ago today, he was a "man on wire." Truth Or Fact?At...
by Artie Isaac | Jul 30, 2014 | Coaching Topics, It happened, Living an engaged life, New Competence
I used to work for a contemporary Machiavelli. When someone was angry with him on the phone, he would wait for his chance to respond. Then, as he started to respond, he would tap his finger on the hook, aborting the call while he himself was speaking! ...
by Artie Isaac | Jun 4, 2014 | Coaching Topics, It happened, Living an engaged life
An unmarried 24-year-old said this to me today: "Marriage is easy." That has me thinking. Marriage is easy.Marriage is easy. Fidelity is not. There are temptations. There are opportunities. My mantra: "Do I really want to hurt my beloved? Is that the...
by Artie Isaac | May 18, 2014 | It happened, Living an engaged life, On Ethics
I can't believe I've never told you this story. Perhaps I've told it to you in person. But I don't see it here on Net Cotton Content. So this might be news. So One Day,I was walking home from the school bus stop, a couple blocks from home. I was maybe...
by Artie Isaac | Apr 11, 2014 | Coaching Topics, It happened, Living an engaged life
This is about how to turn a great relationship into an even better relationship. My mother, Jackie Isaac, of blessed memory, and I had a great relationship. Truly, we had a lot of laughs together. We traveled together. We drank Scotch together. We went to funerals. We...
